Toilet-seat cover



H. B. COURCHENE.

TOILET SEAT COVER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.29, 1920.

139 9 3 1 8 Patented Nov 29, 11921,

HENRY B. COURCHENE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TOILET-SEAT COVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2%. 11921.

Application filed April 29, 1920. Serial No. 377,432.

T 0 all whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY B. CoURoHENE, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and Stateof Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inToilet-Seat Covers; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates more particularly to a toilet seat cover forclosets.

It is the aim of my invention to provide the cover of a closet seat witha hole for the use of children, and to also provide a closure for saidhole.

The novel structure whereby this is accomplished and the advantagesflowing therefrom will be more specifically pointed out hereinafter.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top view of a closet seat and cover showing my inventionapplied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is'a bottom plan view of the cover.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1, showing a section of thecover only.

.As shown in the drawings:

Referring now more specifically to the drawings, 1 represents the coverfor a closet seat 2 of a set bowl 2*. The cover 1 is provid'ed with ahole 3 of suitable contour and size for a child. The hole 3 ispreferably put in the cover of existing toilet closets but if desirednew covers might be provided. A closure 4 having a circumferentialcontour similar to that of the hole 3 is removably secured in said holeby a neat arrangement of supporting elements. These elements comprise anupper circular plate 5 secured to the closure by means of screws 6 andhaving a portion overlapping the seat as shown in Fig. 4, and a lowercircular member 8 secured around the lower periphery of the hole bymeans of screws 9.

A latch 10 is secured upon the lower side of the closure 4, and the bolt11 of this latch is adapted to be projected over the plate 8 to securethe closure in place. Diametrically opposite the latch 10, a clip 12 maybe secured to the closure; a part of the clip overlapping the plate 8 toassist in more securely locking the closure in the-hole. It should benoted that the hole in the cover is much smaller than the hole in theseat 2, and that it is substantially concentric with said hole in theseat.

In order to use my device, it is only necessary to raise the lid orcover 1 and eject the bolt 11 and remove the closure, when by lettingthe cover down again it may be used by a child.

It will thus be seen that I have provided an ordinary toilet closet withmeans whereby it may be used by small children, thus dispensing with theextra appliances that are now commonly used.

I am aware that numerous details of construction may be varied through awide range without departing from the principles of this invention, andI therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted otherwise thannecessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention:

In combination, a toilet seat, a main cover hinged thereto, a hole insaid cover, a supplemental cover fitting said hole, an annular platesecured to the upper side of said supplemental cover and extendingbeyond the edge thereof to afford a flange seating against the uppersurface of the main cover, an annular plate secured to the lower surfaceof the main cover closely adjacent to the edge of the hole, an offsetclip secured to the under face of the supplemental cover and overlyingsaid last-named annular plate, a spring-pressed lat-ch secured to theunder face of said supplemental cover diametrically opposite said clip,the spring-pressed member thereof overlying said last-named annularplate, and means accessible from the under face only of the cover forretracting the spring-pressed member of said latch. In testimony whereofI have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

HENRY B. COURCHENE. lVitnesses LAWRENCE REIBSTEIN, CAUIJIAN HILL.

